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must not be assumed that all that is marvellous is the creation 

 of the Taoist : even the Confucianist is not altogether free from 

 that. And the first item in the Shou Shen Chi is a biography of 

 Confucius in which a vivid description is given of the personal 

 appearance of the sage. But he is hardly a hsien. We think that 

 Major Yetts' assumption is not correct. Dr. Chatley begins his studies 

 in Chinese Psychology. The whole question is treated from the modern 

 point of view. The author does not so much give a description of 

 Chinese thought on the subject as he attempts to account for certain 

 phenomena in China. The treatment is interesting, we should not like 

 to say it is inconclusive : but the student will not find much that is 

 Chinese as to fixation of Soul, Fate and so on. It is a modern dis- 

 quisition hung on to an old subject. It is none the less valuable for 

 that. Is it true that the Chinese literati have always opposed govern- 

 ment by women ? Women from time immemorial have taken an active 

 part in ruling China : but the question of sex in Chinese philosophy is 

 an interesting subject. 



Space and time forbid mention of all the articles, and a reference 

 to some does not imply that the others are less important. The Chinese 

 would say that Fate has something to do with the choice. Some are 

 luckier than others. And so we will close with another touch of Fate — 

 that Mr. Morley's article begins well. M. 



"Sport and Science on the Si no-Mongolian Frontier." By 



Arthur de Carle Sowerby, f.z.s., f.g.s. London : Andrew 

 Melrose, Ltd., 3 York St. Covenfc Garden, W.C., 1918. 



To the sportsmen of the Far East no introduction of Mr. Sowerby 

 is needed. His ever-welcome books have made his name a houseboat, 

 as well as a household word. To the sportsmen of the wider world he 

 has appealed as one having that rare commodity — something new to tell 

 and sell. For if even the Far Eastern sportsman of the ordinary type 

 is yet in almost Cimmerian darkness regarding the possibilities and the 

 whereabouts of China's sport, how much denser is the gloom in which 

 the European and American must wander? Mr. Sowerby has done 

 much to lighten the darkness hitherto prevailing, and his present book 

 continues that most laudable work. 



It takes us to and over the Ordos border : it explores for us the 

 forests and lakes of the Fen Ho basin : it introduces us to sport round 

 Tai-yiian Fu : it takes us on a trip to Hsi-wan-tzu, to K'uei-hua-ch'eng, 

 and the T'ai Hai : it gives us a glimpse of argali and wapiti hunting : 

 and after showing us what life is like on the Mongolian plateau, it sets 

 seriously to work to collect for us all the scattered discoveries con- 

 nected with the Flora of the regions visited, their trees, fruits, flowers 



